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(IATA) will add the yuan to the settlement currencies available to airlines and aviation suppliers through the industry association’s clearing house, a move bolstering China’s efforts to promote the internationalisation of its currency. Yuan settlements will be available from next month following the completion of a trial period, the association said in a statement issued on Wednesday, with domestic carriers China Southern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines as the first to test the system this month.
IATA’s clearing house platform already offers users seven currencies for payments: US dollars, euros, British pounds, Swiss francs, Singapore dollars, Australian dollars and yen. It provides settlement services to 581 airlines, including 33 Chinese and foreign airlines operating in China, and processed US$63.8 billion in transactions last year.